Won't Stop

Think I care about your opinions?

Think that they can ever hurt my feelings?

That they can put me down, in any kind of way

I don't really care, about anything you say

I wont stop trying, wont stop believing

This dream of mine, I will keep living

It may come true or it may come crashing down

But in the end at least I know the truth will be found

In light and darkness I still know my track

You can hunt me down, I ain’t never going back

I am here for the journey and I will never stop

I will keep on going until I reach the top

And if I never do, and I just fall

I will never regret anything at all

It is worth the try, worth all the trouble

And if the success gets big I will stay humble

You can put me down with all of your words

But my trust and worries is all of the Lord’s

Whatever His will prevails, I will follow

Even if it means this dream I must swallow

But none of you, can ever make my quit

Because to this all I have already commit

So its on, forever, we’ll see where it goes

And my true destination only the Lord knows

Cloverfield

All these jokes to cover my insecurity
Stopping myself from any maturity
Afraid to grow up, afraid of any change
Afraid to mix it up and rearrange
Out my mouth comes all these daggers
Leaving those around wounded and staggered
Cutting my inner mouth before exit
I just wish these words would never exist
I don’t know why I say them
As if I had a broken brain stem
My nerves saying stop, but they dont get the message
And the painful lines just keep on pressin’
But I am just a verbal bully
The reason why I will never know fully
I guess it started off as jokes
Then led to some pokes
Soon enough turned to slaps
Making sure they’d all collapse
Next my fist tighened
And I can’t help but be a little frightened
Just hoping that it would all be over and yeild
Cuz it’s starting to feel a bit like cloverfield
This unknown monster destroying me
And destroying all that I could ever be
Eaten me from the inside
Like my inner evil and good just collide
So I’m begging for this to stop
For this persona to drop
But this will only happen if I make it
This is my habit, and I must break it
So if I must cut of my tongue then I will
Because this cloverfield I no longer want to feel

Smile On

Count your smiles not your tears
Live in courage not in fear
Smile for no reason
Every moment, every season
When the sun is shining
When the rain is pouring
Smile as the tornado comes in
Smile when the storm ends
In good and in bad
Smile even when you are sad
Smiling makes you live longer
Smiling makes you stronger
Makes you want to keep moving on
So to that I say smile on

Smile because of your mistakes
And what has come to take their place
For those things would have never happened
Smile as if you were laughin’
As if you just had your “perfect” day
Smile with every word you say
Forget about all the pain
Because a smile gives you more to gain
Smile because your heart beats
Smile because of all your feats
In darkness and in light
Smile because it is right
From ear to ear, show them teeth
Bury those pains beneath
Never let that smile be gone
So to that I say smile on

Smile on this windy road
Smile because the way this river flowed
Down the stream to this place
Give a smile for everyone to embrace
Smile because you love where you’re at
Show that smile so fat
Smile because of your family
Smile because all the beauty you see
Smile because it feels so good
Smile because you should
Forget all your worries
Live this life like a happily ever after story
Smile because it can never be wrong
So to that I say smile on

Friends

Its the carefree moments with all your friends
The moments you wish would never end
Just sitting and talking all night
And you know everything will be alright
The nights of smiles and laughter
Still find yourself laughing after
And you can’t wait to do it again
You just cant forget how fun its been
Yet, it still finds a way to get better
The jokes just get so much funnier
And its like the world is always good
Just how you wished it always would
Finally finding that happiness
And wondering where its always been
It feels that you have finally found your home
And you don’t feel so alone
You wish these days would go on forever
You wish they would end never
Like, please sun down set
Please, just not yet
Give me some more time here
In this place with nothing to fear
There is nothing like those moments with this group
Giving me all I need to recoup
To buckle down for a nothing day
Because I know you guys won’t be to far away

Number One Fan

They be like “why you so different, why you so strange”
Like all they want me to do is change
“Why can’t you be like them,
Why can’t you be like him
Why do you do what you do”
I guess I’m just something new
Something that y’all haven't before seen
Guess I just came from a brand new gene
I walk around invisible, because the world just can’t see
The dreams that I have and what I want to be
What I want to do and what I have in store
They can’t picture it because they’ve never seen it before
But its coming soon, like a new restaurant in town
Better bet its gonna have the best burger around
It’ll open up eyes to what was before impossible
Because with God on your side it all comes possible
From a dream to a reality with just His will
And it was all paid for on the cross, Christ paid our bill
So its on just as soon as you imagine
And I will create something that never has been
So you can go on with all the doubting
All the hating and all the shouting
Call me names and throw your stones
Won’t leave me with any broken bones
With any marks or any scars
My dreams are way up in the stars
But He brings them down to me now
Leaving you all asking how
So you can say that I can’t
That I won’t, that I have no chance
But I’ll just show you that I can
And I will make you all my number one fan

Never Let the Smile Fade

Theres moments when we get down
Try to smile,but all we can muster is a frown
No motivation, no determination
Because life is filled with too much frustration
When we feel like we have no hope
We get pulled in by the most unlikely rope
And find happiness in the most unlikely of places
And are given the most undeserving of graces
Then we finally feel the smile reappear
And can finally see life again so clear
And we now can’t help but smile
It just stays on our face a long while
From ear to ear, eyes full of twinkle
And our hearts full of sprinkle
Full of hope and full of love
Feeling as pure as a dove
Like nothing can ever go wrong
You haven’t felt this in so long
So embrace it, love it, never forget it
When you get down, dig deep for this feeling and relive it
Never again let the small worries
Allow your vision to get all blurry
Life is short and unexpected
Just take it in and enjoy it
Never let the smile fade
Let that smile be your aid

Make Me You

I sit here worshipping like its just me and You
Trying to listen to what You want me to do
Looking for what You want me to peruse
For what will bring light upon only You
Show how You lived Your life with Your death in mind
In hope that You would be what we would all find
Because we all search, but sometimes were are searching blind
And without You we may not be strong enough for the grind
But when we grow weary you carry us forward
You came to share with us Your Father's word
To show us our true Lord
But many said you were absurd
Not from this earth, You were given hate
But You overpowered for You were too great
We may have never lived for You before, but it's never to late
Because in the end You are all of our fate
We can run, but we can never hide
In the end Your word is what we all want to abide
This whole life is filled with so many strides
But we won't know where to go without You, our tour guide
So I am here, to say I want to follow You
I want to do every thing you want me to do
I know that all Your words are true
Please stick to me like I'm covered in glue
Take me and make me new
Take me and make me You

Wait and See

My heart beats fast when you are near
But it has no reason to beat when you aren’t here
It screams, it shouts, begging please come back
Give me a little pinch, give me a little smack
Make sure that I am not asleep
I give you my heart, it is yours to keep
It beats to the tune of your voice
And it only beats for you, my number one choice
If you left my side, I’d be left with nothing
Because when I’m with you I know that I have something
I love you, I need you, I want all of you
When you are with me my life finally feels true
It has meaning and I have a reason to move on
But that will end, if you were ever gone
I lay in bed eager to wake up and see you
Because every day with you feels brand new
The feelings, the butterflies, return so fresh
And I will never love you any less
Take my hand and never let go
I hope these feelings you will come to know
Take my heart, secure it like a treasure
These feelings, I can never measure
Please don’t ever leave
This can be the something big, if you just believe
In me, in us, and what we could be
We can be the real thing, just wait and see

Dream for the Stars

I'm tired of sitting and watching as my life flies by
Time for me to take a step and reach up for the sky
I'm about to give this whole thing my all
And I'm gonna reach the top or you will see me fall
But I won't stop until I reach my conclusion
Because I got to solve for all of this confusion
Find out what I want and then I will pursue
I will fight this whole battle until my dreams come true
So you can fight with me, standing on my side
Because in the end at least you know I tried
So watch out stars im coming right for you
And I will reach up to them, and do what I must do
This dream will become my whole obsession
And all these writings are my full confessions
I write each poem like dear diary
I got my bars set so high they're begging "please don't higher me"
So the stars, the sun, my dreams; won't come crashing down
They will stay high forever, as long as I'm around
You won't see me stop, you won't hear me quit
Because I love the challenge, every little bit
Time for me to move and put this dream in action
Can't wait to see the whole worlds reaction

Inner Child

Remember the days of mud pies
Before we lived a life of lies
Just running around with no cares
When we felt obligated to do all double dares
When all the girls were full of cooties
Before we got so obsessed with all their booties
Kickball and four square every recess
When we were our parents dolls to dress
So excited for show and tell
And all the tests to see if we could spell
Competitions of who could jump further off the swing
Flying kites every spring
When the coach pitched to us and there were no strike outs
Before we were all playing to impress the scouts
The excitement we got for those beans and franks
Didn’t worry about no money in the bank
Before the stress of college and life
When our parents didn’t trust us with a knife
When we ate all sandwiches without the crust
But now our thoughts are filled with lust
Back when life couldn’t get better
When we thought we would always be writing in cursive letters
Oh man, I miss all those days
Miss all my care free ways
Miss the smile that was always there
Back when life was always fair
But that is over and it's time to move on
But that inner child in me will never be gone

Living

I sit here thinking, what was I made for
I have ideas, but I just don't know for sure
Don’t want to get lost in this world of corporation
I’d rather do something of more importance
We all get lost in the idea of money
Thinking having it will make our days more sunny
Thinking it will make the grass greener
And to get it we will portray any demeanor
The competition of biggest house, nicest cars
And our dreams get lost up in the stars
Get so far, we can’t even remember
We get lost in this life, just another member
No care to help those around me
Just trying to be as successful as I can be
When the cash doesn’t pour, I’ve got nothing
So I forget about the money and try to stand for something
Stand for change, and I’m starting with myself
Pick my dreams back up that I left up on the shelf
Life's to short to worry ‘bout the bills
I’d rather get up and live for the thrills
Live in the moment, forget about the plans
Back to the days when we played drums with pots and pans
Live life with a smile everyday
Change my life to live a different way

To give, even when I have little
Because this life is just too brittle
Time to get lost in the art of giving
Time to get lost in this thing called living

Discover

We’re so quick to judge what we don’t know
But maybe we should first see the plant before we sow
See what the book has to offer, deeper than the cover
Because the unknown is left for us to discover
We can’t judge a case based on the accusation
And we can’t build a skyscraper before the foundation
And we will never know something unless we try
You will never be accepted if you never apply
You’ll never catch a fish if you never cast
You can’t hear the answer to a question never asked
The world is a field for us to play
Try everything, don’t delay
Go out and live like theres no tomorrow
Opinions are for us to make, not to borrow
Find out what you truly enjoy
FInd what truly brings you joy
Don’t relay on just what you’ve been told
Go out and discover, go out and be bold
You’ll never get a hit if you never step up to the plate
You might just be missing something great
Start fresh now, let yourself decide
This life is your own roller coaster for you to ride
You never know until you know
The world is waiting; go, go, go

Broken Reflection

You look around and everyone's gone
You look back at your life to look for what went wrong
For what pushed them all away
And what made you say what you would say
You look in the mirror and think the reflection is full of lies
Because you can't even recognize your own disguise
Like you are staring at a complete stranger
And your true self is in some danger
Danger of extinction of existence
Because you left him behind and ran too far a distance
So you go back to your left tracks
But it seems you slipped away in the cracks
So you're stuck with the person you've become
And you can't undo what you have done
Because you tried to be bigger than this place
And you lost all your old ways
You look around but theres no trace
A new reality you’ve come to face
You can break the mirror, but it won’t change your reflection
You no longer have your old complexion
Lost your self and found this beast
And your the one who loves yourself the least
Maybe one day you can get the kiss from the beauty
And respawn back to your old life like Call of Duty
But until then you're stuck alone
Because your old life you’ve broken with a stone

Destiny

You tell me that I can’t do all the things that I’ve wanted
And those have been the words in my nightmares, leaving me haunted
But it’s a new year, and it’s a new me
And there’s gonna be new things that you're gonna see
Things this world has never imagined
But I was created with those things envisioned
I am on this world, but will never be a part of it
I may walk the ground, but I will always be apart of it
I was sent here to do the work of the Lord
And you all tell me this sounds absurd
But that’s because you let this world consume you
Let it convince you that this is the only life that’s true
That there is no eternal living after here
But, truth is, that eternal life has always been living so near
My destiny is to show you that great place
To show you all of the Lord’s ways
The mission that has been carried since the beginning
Since before this Earth ever started spinning
Before the births of Adam and Eve
I just want to get this whole world to believe
We don’t need to see the wind to know it is blowing
We have never seen the wind but its there, we all are knowing
This machine that we call human beings
Have so much destiny that the Lord was seeing
The free will to be whoever and whatever we want to be
He doesn't throw Himself on you or me
He just waits for us to finally call His name
And from that day forward we will never be the same
With the Lord possible is anything
Because He is the creator of everything
So when you say that I can’t do something
I’ll show you I can do everything through the King

Muted Words

I just wish I could tell you how beautiful you are
But I am left to observe this from afar
I can’t seem to find the words to tell you
When you are near I just don’t know what to do
You get my heart beating like its trying to escape
I feel like your just flying around with a cape
Superhuman and I’m just not worthy
I try to plan my speech but it just gets too wordy
So I am left standing here mute
I am so overwhelmed ‘cause you are so darn cute
But if these words never get said
I hope that they can at least be read
I just wanted to say seeing you makes my day
You’re so gorgeous in every single way
The way you tilt your head when you smile
And I just love your style
I love your laugh, it just gets the butterflies fluttering
Not having you has got me suffering
But these words will only stay on this page
And stay locked up inside my cage
Hopefully one day this can become our fate
But for now I just sit here and wait

2011, Another Year Gone

2011, another year lived and another year gone
A lot when right and a lot went wrong
But I wouldn't give up a single moment of it
I loved every single second, I must admit
There were moments that brought me clapping on my feet
Moments that will be tough to beat
And then there were some that brought me to my knees
Moments that were tough and darkness was all I could see
But each one brought its own lessons
And the importance of those I don't want to lessen
Each moment lead me to who I am today
And I loved each moment in every single way
Loved ones lost, but found in heaven
There lives ended here, but in heaven a new one would begin
God bless the broken road that lead me to right now
Because to this spot I wouldn’t have reached if You didn't allow
So don't pout that this year is over, smile because it happened
And thank God for your friends and the moments of laughin’
Bring on 2012, I dare you to be greater
But greatness is bound to happen sooner or later
To another great year, and to greater memories
Love all your neighbors and all your enemies
Smile every day, because you are still breathing
And never stop smiling until your heart stops beating

Moment for Us

Ever since I met you I haven't been able to wipe the smile off
I just wanna see you always, I just cant ever get enough
Something about your attitude, so contagious
And your beauty, it is just so outrageous
Your voice rings in my ear all day
And I will be here to listen to everything you ever say
I can stare in your eyes with no sound but your breath
Just sit here in this moment until our very death
And this smile, it will never fade
As long as by my side, you have always stayed
I don’t want to spend another moment without you
Because you are with me permanently, like a tattoo
Forever our initials carved upon that redwood tree
The first time I said I loved you, and you said that you loved me
We just sat there and stared into the night
You inside my arms, and nothing ever felt so right
Like that moment was made for us and was never gonna stop
Like life was a mountain and we had just reached the top
Never since day one has this smiled ever faded
And each day I thank God that for you I had waited

Just Maybe

You may see me to resemble a human complexion
Just, my thoughts may not be a true human reflection
By human nature I don't seem to abide
It’s like i have been internally rewired
You see hope in places I see distraught
I don't know, maybe its true that my heart long ago rot
And maybe thats why the smile will no longer appear
Maybe happiness is just something that I fear
Maybe it’s true that i am just a mistake
And thats why i have been left forsaken
Maybe I am just not meant to be here
If only there was a way i could make myself disappear
Or maybe i was made different for a reason
Like our minds are in different seasons
Maybe I am here to change some lives
To come and make sure that all survives
To lead a movement never heard of before
And to take all souls and restore
To fix the wounds and collect the brokenness
To save the world stuck in depression
To take the sleeping and make them awake
Or, maybe, just maybe, I really am just some mistake

Alrighty

I spend all my day waiting for a call
Not sure who from, but just from anyone at all
Just searching for that human companionship
Just looking for some sort of relationship
I don’t know if i am just some nuisance
Maybe you just want me out of your business
I try to get involved but always end up on the outside
I just want to see life from the flip-side
To be center of attention or loved by even one
I feel like maybe there is something that I have done
I feel like I don't relate, not with a single soul
Maybe its just because I am way too dull
Maybe its because i seem to have a rough exterior
But i just have a crying interior
Maybe God will be one of my pals
If He can just look past all of my fouls
Maybe he can just ignore my mistakes
Maybe He should just stick me on my stake
If only I hadn't burned down the road
But, for now, it is my life i am left to owe
If the only call i get is from God Almighty
I know that i will be alrighty

A Million Reasons to Smile

There may be times when you feel down
That you just cant help but frown
The last thing you want to do is smile
So you just haven't in a while
You feel like life just keeps getting worse
So out your mouth comes out a curse
But there are a million reasons to smile
Everyone’s doing it, its the new style
Smile because you have a life
Smile because you love your wife
Smile because you are living another day
Smile because God hears when you pray
Smile because you still have your friends
Smile because they will be there until the end
Smile because its contagious
Smile because it shows you're courageous
Smile because you are so beautiful
Smile because you won’t feel so stressful
Smile because there just aren't enough reasons not to
Smile because you ought too
Smile because this life is too short
Smile because it can’t hurt
Smile because the world is watching
And that smile may be what they are needing
Your smile may make someone’s day
Smile because of what it will portray
Your smile may just save a life
May make them want to drop the knife
A smile can go a million miles
So remember, there are a million reasons to smile